Front End Developer – Software Engineer job at London Full Time NEW

Job Description

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

Your Team: You will be joining the Customer Optimisation team, which forms part of the wider Times Media customer and Customer Operations area. Our mission is to deliver front-end optimisations and experiments that enhance customer journeys and digital experiences to drive direct business value.

Your Role: We are looking for a talented and passionate Front End Developer – Software Engineer to join our London Bridge-based team, reporting to the Experimentation Lead. You will be instrumental in enhancing the front-end of The Times and Sunday Times digital products, collaborating with internal marketing and subscription stakeholders to deliver a high-impact experimentation strategy.

Day to day you will:

• Develop and enhance robust front-end digital solutions for The Times and Sunday Times.

• Optimise existing capabilities built by the product team to improve user experiences.

• Execute experiments and tactical implementations to achieve key business outcomes.

• Partner with internal and external digital platform teams to integrate permanent features.

• Manage code reviews and PRs while ensuring high standards for performance and security.

• Participate in technical discussions and business meetings to scope development requirements.

What we’re looking for from you:

• Proficiency in using Javascript (heavy focus on vanilla JS and DOM manipulation), HTML, and CSS to build content-driven experiences.

• Experience utilizing A/B testing and experimentation tooling such as Optimizely or similar platforms.

• Skilled at integrating third-party vendor solutions alongside proprietary first-party codebases.

• Solid understanding of automation testing and maintaining valuable test suites.

• Ability to navigate new codebases quickly and apply agile methodologies within a collaborative team.

• Passion for well-crafted code with a focus on architecture and engineering best practices.

At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in-office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes

• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you to apply for any of our roles please contact us on [email protected].